Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | White City Cemetery, Bois-Grenier | C. 5. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.122 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 54D GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Emma Louisa Fisher, of Brampton Park, Brampton, Hunts.Planter, Klang (1913)
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 12th Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps |
12th (Service) Battalion Formed at Winchester on 21 September 1914 as part of K2 and attached to 60th Brigade in 20th (Light) Division. Moved to Bisley, going on in November 1914 to Blackdown and February 1915 to billets in Hindhead. Moved to Larkhill on 10 April 1915. 22 July 1915 : landed at Boulogne. |
| Action : Other actions in Spring 1915 |
The official dates cover the period from 15th June 1915 to 8th August 1915. This is the period on the Western Front following the piecemeal engagements North of the La Bassee canal at Aubers Ridge, Festubert & Givenchy but before the Battle of Loos, the largest Western Front battle of 1915.
Detail :
FISHER. Leslie Benito, Lieutenant 12th (Service) Battn. King's Royal Rifles, Only son of the late William Eilgar Fisher, Accountant, born at Fulham, S.W London on 25 June 1885 Educated privately ; went to the Federated Malay States (Klang) in 1910 to take up a post with the North Hummock Rubber Co. where his promotion was rapid, and at the time of his return home on leave in 1914 he was making an excellent position for himself. He arrivied in England in August of that year, and three weeks later joined the Royal Fusiliers (Empire Battalion. In November he was offered a commission in the 12th Service Battalion of the King's Royal Rilles, which he accepted, and was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 17 Nov. 1914, and promoted Lieutenant and machine gun officer in April 1915. He was killed instantaneously by a shell in action at Bois Grenier, France on the 14th August 1915. As a schoolboy his great hobby was physical culture andl he was an ardent follower of Sandow, being remarkable for his splendid athletic physique and physical fitness. He was a brilliant hockey player. playing for Sussex and Dorset, and obtaining his colours for the latter county. In 1908 he joined as a trooper the Dorsetshire Yeomanry, and was offered a commission, which, however, he declined. Lieutenant Fisher was unmarried and was buried at Bois Grenier France. A monument was erected to his memory in the chancel of St. Mary's Church. Brampton. Huntingdonshire. Brampton being the village in which a great part of his life was spent.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Klang No. 3369 E.C. | Eastern Archipelago |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
4th July 1913 | 5th September 1913 | 3rd October 1913 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley